Loosely Crushed Nl2 Crushing Nl5 Movin Up

Learning mindset;
How I have started and how I intend to continue

When I first started playing poker a few years ago I fell in love and pretty quickly decided that it was a way to make a living, however that was a pretty huge mistake as from there on in I viewed it as a living, I became a grinder and not a very successful one at that. I completely burned out on the game because it was just an ends to a means and not something that I actually enjoyed.
Since coming back mindset and how I view the game have been the most important things to me and have had a huge effect on my game.

Mentality wise I haven't tilted at all and have actually found being sucked out quite amusing, I was upset at one session I played recently because I was tired and continued to play because I felt there was a big fish in the game, my play deteriorated over time and I was angry at myself for continuing under such bad circumstances.
Since then I have made sure that every half hour or so I make a little mental check of how I am feeling, my current concentration levels and if I feel I am having any emotional reaction to the moves in the game, if I am tired o, my mind is not fully engaged or I am putting any emotional stock in the outcome of hands I stop playing take a break and reevaluate if I should play again later.

I have made plenty of hero calls, thin value bets and questionable reads all in all they have turned out well but it is definitely an area I am running way ahead of ev. I like to think I am better than most of the people I am playing but it still leaves a large area for mistakes, and I am aware of that. I am not however doing these things because they are the msot +ev move for me right now.

I feel like the advice given to micro stakers to stick to an ABC game and just value bet, will harm you in the long run. Sure you will move up through the limits and have a system but you are already creating a little box for yourself which while cozy now will ultimately stunt your progression, a system of playing rather than a system of thinking.
Your improvements become spot specific and range specific, analyzing each hand and situation individually to try plug your leaks or improve your winrate. While this is not a bad thing necessarily it does tend to keep you away from an understanding and curious creativity towards the game.
I am going to play how I feel is profitable and I am going to try to adapt to every opponent I face, I will have no set rules for my play or for my progression so long as my overall poker game is moving forward.
I am going to treat poker like a woodpath, where the most important thing is not where you end up but the walk itself.

Keep up the info`s , gona follow on your crushing journey.

nice outside the box thinking - I agree with you , if you have an edge over the field it is obviously better to play wider ranges
you could think about 3betting even more, compared to your VPIP/PFR its quite low. ppl on higher stakes which are playing a VPIP of 30% usually 3bet more then 10%


are you winning withou showdown, would like to see some graphs

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